Transforming from a 12-year-old farmer boy into a monastic student and then a novice monk is my unforgettable memory. I have been interested in writing about Buddhism in Cambodia since I enrolled in a ...

Tep Vong, who helped revive Buddhism after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, had close and long-standing connections to the ruling Cambodian People's Party.

Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards ... With its simple, harmonious lines and its profusion of carved decoration, it influenced Buddhist architecture as ...

On his return to Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Senn said talks were adjourned, not abandoned. In his final report from Cambodia, Michael Lally looks at the Buddhist religion, which was effectively ...

Sok said that Buddhism has helped many unprivileged and illiterate children to schools and ... Sok, the Buddhist school in Varin Prek Leab monastery has 118 novice monk students from all provinces ...

Echoing this view, MWL Secretary-General Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed optimism about the conference’s impact, given Cambodia’s long-standing experience in inspiring interfaith harmony, ...

Fifty years after the Khmer Rouge razed Phnom Penh’s cathedral, a new church rises—blending Khmer and Catholic traditions as ...

Major Religions: Buddhism: 97.9%, Islam: 1.1%, Christianity: 0.5%, Other: 0.6% Gaspar da Cruz, a Portuguese friar of the Dominican Order, brought Catholic faith to Cambodia during 1555-1556. Friar ...

The Angkor Wat architecture in Cambodia and the Indian scripture influence in Thai culture indicate the strong-rooted links. In the current geopolitical environment, Buddhism still has a strategic ...